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Carol L. Hanner
Carol L. Hanner retired as managing editor of Wake Forest Magazine in 2024. Before the magazine, she was a newspaper editor and writer for 30 years.
Stories by Carol L. Hanner

A Central European Treasure
Wake Forest’s Flow House welcomed alumni, administrators, faculty and friends for a celebration of 25 years of study-abroad opportunities in Vienna.
A Central European Treasure

Vienna adventures and insights
Flow House alumni and faculty share their memories of Vienna and Central Europe.
Vienna adventures and insights

Early Flow House History
The villa where Wake Forest students learn and live in Vienna has a colorful past.
Early Flow House History

An Abiding Love for Wake Forest
Magazine Editor Maria Henson (’82) retires from a Pro Humanitate career in journalism
An Abiding Love for Wake Forest

An Unexpected Career as a ‘Tree Nerd’
Vince Drader (’07) took a winding path to leadership in a nonprofit that works to protect the tree canopy in Washington, D.C.
An Unexpected Career as a ‘Tree Nerd’

Who's Hungry?
James Brim (’87), a food bank’s entrepreneurial maestro, has found multiple ways to fill stomachs and buoy hearts in his Georgia community.
Who's Hungry?

The Letters
Thanks to the work of four Wake Forest professors and an undergraduate, a Holocaust story spanning ‘both sides of the Atlantic’ is known.
The Letters

Let’s Make A Deal — and Help the Environment
Jack Laughlin (’17) pivoted from finance to co-founding BinStar, a store selling deeply discounted returned merchandise that was headed for landfills.
Let’s Make A Deal — and Help the Environment

A Secret History in Plain Sight
With persistence and innovation, materials scientist Laura Ware Adlington (’10) delved past what meets the eye at Canterbury Cathedral to solve a mystery and make history.
A Secret History in Plain Sight

A Mother's Day Tale
A former Wake Forest track star and assistant coach with six children shares how she keeps life running with triplets plus.
A Mother's Day Tale

The Art Connector
Caitlin Berry (’09) makes public access and community conversations a focal point as director of the new Rubell Museum DC.
The Art Connector

Force of Nature
Photographer Kate T. Parker (’98) couldn’t be stopped in creating a career that led to best-selling books about the power of letting girls and boys be themselves.
Force of Nature